From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 3 07:59:38 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77AFC16A400 for ; Mon, 3 Apr 2006 07:59:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kgunders@teamcool.net) Received: from koyukuk.teamcool.net (koyukuk.teamcool.net [209.161.34.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2028043D45 for ; Mon, 3 Apr 2006 07:59:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kgunders@teamcool.net) Received: from koyukuk.teamcool.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by koyukuk.teamcool.net (TeamCool Rocks) with ESMTP id CD580F829 for ; Mon, 3 Apr 2006 01:59:32 -0600 (MDT) Received: from cochise.teamcool.net (unknown [192.168.1.57]) by koyukuk.teamcool.net (TeamCool Rocks) with ESMTP id 98F8EF828 for ; Mon, 3 Apr 2006 01:59:32 -0600 (MDT) Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2006 01:59:31 -0600 From: Ken Gunderson To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Message-Id: <20060403015931.2df6d5bb.kgunders@teamcool.net> In-Reply-To: <4430C91F.6070006@samsco.org> References: <20060403062711.GA52962@sysadm.stc> <4430C91F.6070006@samsco.org> Organization: Teamcool Networks X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.9.12 (GTK+ 2.6.7; i386-portbld-freebsd5.4) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP Subject: Re: recommended PCI-E video card? X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2006 07:59:38 -0000 On Mon, 03 Apr 2006 01:05:03 -0600 Scott Long wrote: > Igor Robul wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I'm planing to build AMD64 based workstation, and have one question: > > > > which PCI-Express video card works best with X.org on freebsd-amd64 in > > x64 mode? > > > > AFAIK nVidia does not have binary drivers for FreeBSD on AMD64, so what > > opensource driver works best for X.org+FreeBSD+AMD64? > > When I looked at this a couple of months ago, the answer was that 2D > works just fine, but there simply isn't any support for this > configuration for 3D acceleration. Maybe that has changed recently. I looked at it a couple weeks back and nothing has changed. At lease w.r.t. ATI based pci-e cards. I've got some fairly inexpensive Radeon 300 based PCI- E cards w/128MB ram that I figure will be supported sooner or later... But if you want/need 3D today then look to an AGP based card. That puts you into an older MB though so.... -- Best regards, Ken Gunderson Q: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. A: Why is putting a reply at the top of the message frowned upon?